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Post by knot on Nov 1, 2021 4:33:07 GMT -5
Weatherzone received a massive update today. Cons: -The lightning tracker is now completely behind a paywall - Cannot find complete climate data for any stations yet-A whole section on 'long range rainfall' in the forecast which seems useless Some stuff is still 'coming soon' according to the website so these might change. Edit: Found the climate data. It's right underneath the current temperature for the station under 'more observations'. Another con is that some forecast locations have for whatever reason been omitted, and worse yet, replaced with non-representative locations. Most notably: Burrinjuck (replaced by Yass!); Crookwell (replaced by Taralga!); Shooters Hill (replaced by the unrealistically warm "Oberon" forecast which often forecasts warmer than bloody Bathurst!). I also don't fancy the new "Last Five Days" section one bit—the classic WZ colours have saddly been removed. EDIT: Another big con! Completely unusable on mobile and the forecast is displayed in an ugly list format with none of the details that the PC version has. Fuck this anti-mobile discrimination. |
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Post by Beercules on Nov 1, 2021 18:33:34 GMT -5
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Post by jgtheone on Nov 2, 2021 0:08:03 GMT -5
Yeah, massive dick move.
I know exactly why they did it too. The radar is now dynamic, which means you can scroll from the national level down to the local level by scrolling on the radar itself. They used that as an excuse to make the whole lightning feature a paid feature, because before it was only the local level that was behind a paywall.
I wonder if you can leave feedback somewhere
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Post by Beercules on Nov 2, 2021 0:18:00 GMT -5
Yeah, massive dick move. I know exactly why they did it too. The radar is now dynamic, which means you can scroll from the national level down to the local level by scrolling on the radar itself. They used that as an excuse to make the whole lightning feature a paid feature, because before it was only the local level that was behind a paywall. I wonder if you can leave feedback somewhere They do have a feedback form, go to Help > Contact Us then click "Make an Enquiry", then proceed to tell them to get fucked in the ass by a 12 inch black dick. |
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Post by jetshnl on Nov 2, 2021 19:52:44 GMT -5
Yeah, massive dick move. I know exactly why they did it too. The radar is now dynamic, which means you can scroll from the national level down to the local level by scrolling on the radar itself. They used that as an excuse to make the whole lightning feature a paid feature, because before it was only the local level that was behind a paywall. I wonder if you can leave feedback somewhere Just use this site, which pulls the lightning data from wz: www.farmonlineweather.com.au/radar/ |
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Post by jgtheone on Nov 2, 2021 20:34:53 GMT -5
Yeah, massive dick move. I know exactly why they did it too. The radar is now dynamic, which means you can scroll from the national level down to the local level by scrolling on the radar itself. They used that as an excuse to make the whole lightning feature a paid feature, because before it was only the local level that was behind a paywall. I wonder if you can leave feedback somewhere Just use this site, which pulls the lightning data from wz: www.farmonlineweather.com.au/radar/nice one, cheers hope it lasts though |
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Post by Beercules on Nov 7, 2021 0:52:05 GMT -5
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Post by jetshnl on Nov 7, 2021 12:13:43 GMT -5
Time change
Sunrise 7:28 CST
Sunset 16:57 CST
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Post by P London on Nov 10, 2021 9:56:40 GMT -5
Am done I hate this climate the weather is depressing. Not just do we have shorter days we have less sunshine its suicide inducing weather. Am done can't take this shit and we have months more of this. God save us on Britain
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Post by Ethereal on Nov 11, 2021 2:27:10 GMT -5
For those knowledgeable about Aussie weather...
Which area in Australia records the most snow? I'm placing my money on Thredbo Top Station, Falls Creek and Charlotte Pass. But maybe it's another location that I wouldn't have a clue on.
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Post by knot on Nov 11, 2021 2:40:55 GMT -5
For those knowledgeable about Aussie weather... Which area in Australia records the most snow? I'm placing my money on Thredbo Top Station, Falls Creek and Charlotte Pass. But maybe it's another location that I wouldn't have a clue on. Most certainly the exposed peaks on the northwestern slopes such as Watsons Crags, Mount Jagungal, etc. You might ask about the Victorian Alps farther south, but those aren't nearly as exposed to Nor'Westers as the aforementioned NSW peaks. As for Thredbo Top, Falls Creek, Charlotte Pass? They wouldn't even get close—as they're not truly windward; and in the case of Charlotte Pass, a sheltered valley on the lee. |
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Post by Ethereal on Nov 11, 2021 19:37:01 GMT -5
For those knowledgeable about Aussie weather... Which area in Australia records the most snow? I'm placing my money on Thredbo Top Station, Falls Creek and Charlotte Pass. But maybe it's another location that I wouldn't have a clue on. Most certainly the exposed peaks on the northwestern slopes such as Watsons Crags, Mount Jagungal, etc. You might ask about the Victorian Alps farther south, but those aren't nearly as exposed to Nor'Westers as the aforementioned NSW peaks. As for Thredbo Top, Falls Creek, Charlotte Pass? They wouldn't even get close—as they're not truly windward; and in the case of Charlotte Pass, a sheltered valley on the lee.Really? Its climate table says otherwise. Its winters are very wet. I thought it was a very windward place. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Pass,_New_South_Wales#Climate |
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Post by Ethereal on Nov 11, 2021 19:42:13 GMT -5
^Oh yeah, after some simple research it turns out that Spencers Creek is the snowiest place in Australia. Is it even a legit place? It doesn't even have a Wikipedia article, nor I could find it properly on Google Maps. I take it that it's a small region?
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Post by knot on Nov 11, 2021 19:42:54 GMT -5
Runoff data for the exposed western slopes suggests upwards of 3,000 mm annually, so yes, Charlotte Pass is rather dry by comparison. Not wet at all for its altitude. It also has warm maxima for its altitude and PoR (1930–2015)—on account of its sheltered valley location that tends to avoid the persistent cloud cover of the exposed western peaks. Its July max is only 1° C cooler than Cabramurra's despite being almost 300 m higher. |
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Post by knot on Nov 11, 2021 19:45:43 GMT -5
^Oh yeah, after some simple research it turns out that Spencers Creek is the snowiest place in Australia. Is it even a legit place? It doesn't even have a Wikipedia article, nor I could find it properly on Google Maps. I take it that it's a small region? Wrong: Spencers Creek is only the snowiest spot actually measured by Snowy Hydro, but nowhere near as snowy as, say, Watsons Crags due to being much more sheltered from the W/NW. |
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Post by Ethereal on Nov 11, 2021 19:48:12 GMT -5
Runoff data for the exposed western slopes suggests upwards of 3,000 mm annually, so yes, Charlotte Pass is rather dry by comparison. Not wet at all for its altitude. It also has warm maxima for its altitude and PoR (1930–2015)—on account of its sheltered valley location that tends to avoid the persistent cloud cover of the exposed western peaks. Its July max is only 1° C cooler than Cabramurra's despite being almost 300 m higher. Can you give me examples of these very exposed wet areas on the western slopes, if they have a climate station/data? Curious to see. And what places would you say are "truly windward"? Are Batlow and Tumut decent representatives? |
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Post by knot on Nov 11, 2021 20:00:00 GMT -5
Can you give me examples of these very exposed wet areas on the western slopes, if they have a climate station/data? Curious to see. And what places would you say are "truly windward"? Are Batlow and Tumut decent representatives? Runoff data, meaning that collected from rivers and the like— not climate data: theaustralianalpsnationalparks.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/water-quality.pdfAnd yes, Batlow and Tumut are perfect examples of truly windward areas. Cabramurra is the highest-elevated truly windward station in NSW. |
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Post by Ethereal on Nov 11, 2021 21:34:52 GMT -5
Can you give me examples of these very exposed wet areas on the western slopes, if they have a climate station/data? Curious to see. And what places would you say are "truly windward"? Are Batlow and Tumut decent representatives? And yes, Batlow and Tumut are perfect examples of truly windward areas. Cabramurra is the highest-elevated truly windward station in NSW. Nah I know. I just thought maybe an actual climate data existed somewhere proximate to those very exposed areas. Thanks for the link btw. |
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Post by jetshnl on Nov 29, 2021 12:15:49 GMT -5
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Post by Met.Data on Nov 30, 2021 20:02:43 GMT -5
Less than 90 days until spring. That's something to be happy about.  |
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